Hero SAS sniper saves father and eight-year-old son from being beheaded by ISIS maniac

likely not a head shot , that would be to risky ...body shot would be more in order... and exactly 1000 meters ..hmm

For police or whatever , yes. For Special Forces , no.

so the rest of the team were able to hit their marks at 1000 meters as well ?

Uhhh.....yes. Read up on Special Forces snipers. One , I think Australian , took out 2 at that range with one shot .

Text A .50 cal with a silencer?

Not precisely a silencer , a flash suppressor. Dont want the marks seeing the flash . And 50s are the going thing right now. Lots of range and knock
down power.

lol , what happened to one shot one kill ?

Thats exactly what it was

Ever heard of Carlos Hathcock ?

the news link says it was a .50 with a silencer .

The SAS marksman, using a .50 calibre sniper rifle fitted with a silencer, killed the executioner just in time.

So all three members were carrying .50 cals ? and managed to all hit their mark under extreme pressure ,all three made their calculations ? where was
the spotter ? so 3 snipers , 3 spotters ? 3 .50 cal ...silenced ? Sniper teams are most always in a pair.

sounds like a clip from a Steven seagull movie

Lol Spotter and two shooters. by the time the second one shoots the first is ready with another round. Not that hard to figure out. I guess you don't
know how much training is involved here eh?

I don't care how good of s shot anyone is . Who is going to risk a head shot at 1000 yard from a head that is moving around rather than take a body
shot ?

We are not talking 100 yards , we are talking 1000 yards here . with element factors at play .

Quick answer....A poor marksman...Really! NO marksman at 1,000 with wind/suppressor factors would take a headshot at that distance.....Unless they
got lucky....No smart marksman takes a headshot at that distance with those factors, NO WAY!!!

ETA: Precipitation....Wind...Barometric pressure and much more is needed to be calculated from that distance....Not to mention the time it takes the
bullet to reach the target....NO WAY!!!

Silencer or Suppressor? What's the difference? The terms "silencer" and "suppressor" are both correct. Most people within the industry prefer the term
"suppressor" because it is more technically correct in that a suppressor does not actually silence a firearm but suppresses the noise some amount.
That said, the legal term as used by BATFE to classify these weapons is "silencer". You may also hear people refer to suppressors by the slang term
"cans". GEMTECH

the name "silencer was given to them by the man that invented them. Hiram P. Maxim

i wish i had grabbed the quote before you edited it.

fair enough . ty you the conformation . but according to other members a flash suppressor is a silencer . never heard of that .

I wouldn't take a shot like that either...I can't do it. I'm a good shot at most distances out to around 500-600 yds.

These guys make me look like I've never touched a rifle in my life.

Mere mortal standards don't apply to these guys. Trigger time that goes back years. Training in climes few of us could stomach for a day. Not to
mention equipment beyond my wildest dreams. They take these sort of shots in training all the time. For just such an occasion.

I had the honor of getting pissed up with a load of British snipers in the brecon beacons the training they told me and my mate had us both feeling
like 6 year old boys.
Ruddy good lads had an excellent night and they taught me a lot and I have the utmost respect for them.

A freind of mine resently joined the royal marines. He was in good shape before and he said the training for that was grueling enough for him. No
way he said was he going near the SBS entry test.

Why? think about it you don't hear the shot all of a sudden one guy goes down, the other two look, another goes down the last guy finally processes
fight or flight but it is too late.
Watch the video posted in here about the Canadian sniper he said it surprised him how little they reacted to bullets.

I don't care how good of s shot anyone is . Who is going to risk a head shot at 1000 yard from a head that is moving around rather than take a body
shot ?

We are not talking 100 yards , we are talking 1000 yards here . with element factors at play .

Quick answer....A poor marksman...Really! NO marksman at 1,000 with wind/suppressor factors would take a headshot at that distance.....Unless they
got lucky....No smart marksman takes a headshot at that distance with those factors, NO WAY!!!

ETA: Precipitation....Wind...Barometric pressure and much more is needed to be calculated from that distance....Not to mention the time it takes the
bullet to reach the target....NO WAY!!!

These are not your normal line troops.

These snipers would be taken from only the best snipers in the british army then trained to near death in conditions that would kill you or me.

As seagull said, there are not your normal mortal humans.

Its also why the SAS and SBS have alegady high mortality rates as for every amazing sucess they have missions not go to plan. We just dont hear about
those ones....

The maths they have to learn and know these guys can process info so quick and use it.
One of the snipers I got drunk with attempted to explain the variables and I was like "Eh?" they are very very clever also.

Why? think about it you don't hear the shot all of a sudden one guy goes down, the other two look, another goes down the last guy finally processes
fight or flight but it is too late.
Watch the video posted in here about the Canadian sniper he said it surprised him how little they reacted to bullets.

3 shots 3 kills at a thousand metres....how long for the sniper to move on from one target to another ????

I don't care how good of s shot anyone is . Who is going to risk a head shot at 1000 yard from a head that is moving around rather than take a body
shot ?

We are not talking 100 yards , we are talking 1000 yards here . with element factors at play .

Quick answer....A poor marksman...Really! NO marksman at 1,000 with wind/suppressor factors would take a headshot at that distance.....Unless they
got lucky....No smart marksman takes a headshot at that distance with those factors, NO WAY!!!

ETA: Precipitation....Wind...Barometric pressure and much more is needed to be calculated from that distance....Not to mention the time it takes the
bullet to reach the target....NO WAY!!!

These are not your normal line troops.

These snipers would be taken from only the best snipers in the british army then trained to near death in conditions that would kill you or me.

As seagull said, there are not your normal mortal humans.

I think it's time for you to put away your Commando books and get the head down..

I wouldn't take a shot like that either...I can't do it. I'm a good shot at most distances out to around 500-600 yds.

These guys make me look like I've never touched a rifle in my life.

Mere mortal standards don't apply to these guys. Trigger time that goes back years. Training in climes few of us could stomach for a day. Not to
mention equipment beyond my wildest dreams. They take these sort of shots in training all the time. For just such an occasion.

Our standards don't apply. Stop trying to.

seriously you act like NOBODY can compare to them ? are you kidding me ?

Aside from their Physical training what else can they do that others can't

Were you there? he could have shot the people in the right order, he shot the first no one was looking at seeing they were all distracted and moved to
the next and then the last.
Would you volunteer for a demo? are you that certain there aren't guys out there who could do it?.

I don't care how good of s shot anyone is . Who is going to risk a head shot at 1000 yard from a head that is moving around rather than take a body
shot ?

We are not talking 100 yards , we are talking 1000 yards here . with element factors at play .

Quick answer....A poor marksman...Really! NO marksman at 1,000 with wind/suppressor factors would take a headshot at that distance.....Unless they
got lucky....No smart marksman takes a headshot at that distance with those factors, NO WAY!!!

ETA: Precipitation....Wind...Barometric pressure and much more is needed to be calculated from that distance....Not to mention the time it takes the
bullet to reach the target....NO WAY!!!

These are not your normal line troops.

These snipers would be taken from only the best snipers in the british army then trained to near death in conditions that would kill you or me.

As seagull said, there are not your normal mortal humans.

I think it's time for you to put away your Commando books and get the head down..

If it was a commando book they would retire and live happy ever after.

Chances are in the next year a op will go wrong and one of more of these guys in the op will end up dead.

No one can get exact figures but its estimated a good many dont get to claim there retirement.

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